Does having seven a levels help ?
Discussion for A-Level students and for those choosing their A-Level subjects.
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?Less arrogance and less dreaming.(Original post by ibz_kout)
I was wondering if that would boost up my chances?
Thank god it's not English.(Original post by ibz_kout)
There all my native languages
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?You can have as many A levels as you like. That arrogance will get you nowhere.(Original post by ibz_kout)
I'm fully aware you can't get A*'s in AS-level. If I get 7 A's this year, my predicted grades next year will be A*s, which is the most likely the outcome... -
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?I do no sports, did 4 A-levels, and don't have a job. Guess where I'm going next year.(Original post by ibz_kout)
I plan on applying to Imperial College next year with 7 A-levels: Maths, further maths, physics, chemistry, and 3 languages, I am predicted pretty much A*'s.
I have a job and engage in a lot of sports, for those who think I have no social life. I was wondering if that would boost up my chances?
You'd be an idiot to take so many A-levels over two years, it's pointless. I can understand if you'd want to learn languages, but not for the sake of extra (redundant) A-levels.
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?(Original post by navarre)
You should take an A-level in bull****, you'd get full marks.
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?Dunno. I'd ask, but he's left now(Original post by ibz_kout)
Why?
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?Really? Imperial is famed for being geek-central.(Original post by nmudz_009)
No, because universities like imperial want to see that you have a life outside of your school subjects...
OP: Stick to 3/4. 7 is ridiculous. -
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?If you got A*s at A level, unis would bend over backwards to admit you.
But...unless you're amazingly academic, I would imagine that doing that many will cause your grade to be lower in every subject than it would be if you had done fewer. It'll probably be better to get 3A*s, than 7 Bs.
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?9 AS-Levels here Bitches(Original post by Tortious)
No advantage whatsoever - and I say that as someone with eight.
And this deosn't include general studies/ critical thinking - thought to be fair 1 is Photography loooooooooooool -
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?There used to be a time when the people who had huge numbers of A levels etc were looked on with suspicion as it was assumed they'd been in prison, to have had so much time on their hands and access to free education.
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Yh,but wot subjects you do?(Original post by Emissionspectra)
A-levels aren't that difficult to be fair, so I see no reason why It's not possible to do seven.
General studies
Critical thinking
Business
Finance
Etc?
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(Original post by Emissionspectra)
Maths Physics Chemistry History,my bad. No 'iffy' subjects in sight
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?Seems a bit pointless. You only need 3 A levels and at most, 4, to get into uni. After uni you'll find that on job applications all they care about is that you can tick the box that says 'At least 5 Cs at GCSE including English and Maths' - they don't care beyond that - they don't care how many others you have or in what subjects.
If you're applying to graduate roles then as per above, but they also care that:
a) You have 3 A-levels (on online forms a lot of them only let you enter 3)
b) You have a 2:1.
But that is just the first step, what matters much more than that is work experience in the particular field that you're interested in and a suitable degree for that position (i.e. an English degree for a copywriter role or a IT/Graphic Design degree for a creative web role). How many A-levels/GCSEs you have is pretty much a non issue so long as you meet the 5 GCSEs at C and 3 A-levels minimum. -
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?EXACTLY SO GET WHY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAING!!(Original post by ThatPerson)
I think the OP should've mentioned that all 3 language A-Levels are native languages, so obviously those courses would be easy for him.
OP IS HALF ALGERIAN, HALF SPANISH so most likely knows spanish fluently as well as algerian fluently. And probably knows a dialect of french as well.
Maths, Further Maths and Physics are closely linked therefore should pose no real problems for someone good at solving mathematical problems.
And then there is Chemistry.
Universities will ignore the fact you are doing Algerian or Spanish but would probably count French. All 3 should be really easy for you anyway.
They would look more closely at your other 4 and you could drop one at a2 if you wanted as you would only need 3.
So in fact you are only doing 4/5 alevels and it should be fine really. -
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Re: Does having seven a levels help ?How old are you?(Original post by ibz_kout)
I plan on applying to Imperial College next year with 7 A-levels: Maths, further maths, physics, chemistry, and 3 languages, I am predicted pretty much A*'s.
I have a job and engage in a lot of sports, for those who think I have no social life. I was wondering if that would boost up my chances?
